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Last year, Scotland exported 19 trillion Wh of electricity, worth £4 billion, to the UK grid. Despite this, Scottish generators pay the highest grid connection charges in Europe and Scots face among the highest standing charges compared to London's lowest. Should Scottish households be forced to endure harsh winters due to these disparities?

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To secure Abigail's freedom and other hostages, Israel is releasing convicted terrorists. What steps is my right hon. Friend taking to continue his welcome support for Israel against Hamas and Iran-backed terror groups?

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How is the Prime Minister's promise of reducing migration levels going?

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Why did the Prime Minister cancel a meeting with an important ally like Greece?

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How has the government's policy contributed to high immigration levels?

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The Government has lost control of borders; Members are in turmoil and revolt. The Home Secretary admits failure due to 'magical thinking'. Why should the public trust this PM given such chaos?

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Migration has tripled on this Government's watch. The PM claims control but NHS waiting lists and taxes have increased contrary to his promises. He now lectures about targets when he failed previously. Will he warn us what is next?

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44% of religiously aggravated offences were against Muslims last year. The independent adviser on Islamophobia role has been vacant over a year, despite discussions with the Prime Minister. Will the Government take action now?

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Families look out of windows this morning and see snow but are filled with dread from high energy bills. Does the Prime Minister regret offering no financial mechanism for these families this winter?

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Children see snow this morning and are delighted, but their parents look out and are filled with dread due to unaffordable energy bills. Does the Prime Minister regret offering no financial mechanism for these families?

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I appreciate that it is difficult for the Prime Minister to empathise when he quite clearly cannot understand, but to be clear to him and, indeed, the whole House: this is not a matter of energy production. Scotland produces six times more gas than we consume and around two thirds of our electricity already comes from renewable resources. This is a consequence of decades of failed energy policy here in Westminster. Those of us on the Scottish National party Benches believe that Scotland's energy wealth and energy resource should benefit the people of Scotland. Why doesn't he?

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The £400 million redevelopment of Kettering General Hospital is the No. 1 investment priority for local residents. The first part is a £50 million new energy plant to power the expanded and improved hospital. Will my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister please do all he can to ensure that the Department of Health gets spades in the ground on time next spring, so that we can get the construction of our redeveloped, much loved local hospital fully under way?

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Three years ago, the Government made a commitment to 40 new hospitals and significant upgrades to hospitals in most need, but today many schemes are badly delayed. The Royal Berkshire—stuck at the development stage, with not a single pound transferred for construction. Harrogate District Hospital—still waiting on £20 million for urgent upgrades after reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete was discovered. There are 25 more such schemes. Will the Prime Minister explain why his Government are happy to let patients, doctors and nurses suffer for years in such unfit and unsafe conditions?

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As disturbed as I was to learn that British politicians are being debanked by the National Westminster Bank, the Prime Minister can imagine my horror to find that an entire town—Bakewell in the Derbyshire dales—is being debanked by the National Westminster Bank. In the whole of the Derbyshire dales and the Peak district, there is not a bank left. Does my right hon. Friend share my concern, as we are the major shareholder, that the National Westminster Bank is ignoring my vulnerable elderly constituents, and my businessmen? Bakewell is a big, thriving market town.

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Yesterday, Cancer Research UK's manifesto 'Longer, better lives' set out a road map to save 20,000 lives a year by 2040. Research is key to that, and it has identified a funding gap of over £1 billion. Cancer Research UK has told me that, excluding research funded by industry, charities fund 62% of cancer research compared with the Government's 38%. Is the Prime Minister ashamed of that, and what will he do to address the gap?

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Can I thank you, Mr Speaker, on behalf of the all-party parliamentary group on HIV and AIDS, for hosting today's reception to honour the incredible contribution that Sir Elton John has made to the fight against AIDS? I very much welcome today's announcement of further funding for HIV and hepatitis B and C opt-out testing in hospital emergency departments as a critical step in fighting those diseases. I ask the Prime Minister to join me, and I am sure the whole House, in praising Sir Elton and his AIDS foundation for pioneering this work.

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Pearl Melody Black was 22 months old when a car rolled off a private drive on to a highway and hit a wall, which fell and killed her while she was holding her daddy's hand. Her parents, my constituents Gemma and Paul, South Wales Police and the Crown Prosecution Service were all frustrated that no charges could be brought in the case due to a loophole in the law. My ten-minute rule Bill, the Driving Offences (Amendment) Bill, sought to amend the Road Traffic Act 1988, but it fell as it did not get parliamentary time. I know that colleagues across the House have had similar issues, so I ask the Prime Minister to meet me and meet my constituents to assist in finding a way forward.

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We know the Labour party has an aversion to white van man, but does the Prime Minister share my concerns that, according to a report in The Daily Telegraph today, Labour-run Westminster Council is increasing parking charges for small electric vehicles by up to 1,800%, demonstrating that it does not support small businesses or tackling climate change?

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I quote: “Rishi thinks just let people die and that's okay”. That was reportedly the Prime Minister's view of covid during late 2020, as recorded by the then chief scientific adviser in his diary. It came to light last week in the covid inquiry and I was shocked that Downing Street did not categorically deny it. I ask the Prime Minister today how it is that people who were closest to this issue, whom he worked with day in, day out at the top of Government, got the impression that the Prime Minister was okay with people in our country dying—

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That 1.3 million migrants over a period of two years is a catastrophe for Britain is obvious to everyone apart from guilt-ridden bourgeois liberals and greed-driven globalists. Given that the same kind of people are stymieing the Prime Minister's “stop the boats” campaign, will he bring urgent measures forward to deal with legal migration, and will he ensure that the Bill he has promised is in exactly the form recommended by his own Immigration Minister?

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Last week, in response to my hon. Friend the Member for Stockton North (Alex Cunningham), the Prime Minister claimed that the “best way” to stop children living in poverty is for them to have parents who work, but over 70% of poor children already live in a home where someone goes out to work. So I will give him another chance: can he explain why reports say that, in 2022, 1 million of our children experienced not just poverty but destitution?

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I am concerned about the exceptional contribution that my constituent John Farringdon has made during his long life. May I also ask my right hon. Friend to try to find a moment or two to speak to John when he comes to Downing Street this afternoon?

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My constituent Dr Hadoura has made an exceptional contribution during a 30-year career in our health service but is now frantic with worry about her mum, who is trapped in Palestine. Will the Prime Minister work with the Foreign Office and the Home Office to find an urgent way to get vulnerable people out of danger?

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Thanks to this Conservative Government, the Alexandra Hospital has received nearly £19 million of investment. Does the Prime Minister agree that it is time to back my campaign to bring back services so local mums can give birth locally?

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The Canadian Prime Minister claimed that the Indian Government may be linked to the killing of a Canadian Sikh activist, and now it is reported that another assassination attempt was thwarted in the US. Will the Prime Minister reassure my Sikh constituents and raise their concerns with his counterpart in India?

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With both the OBR and the ONS confirming that the British economy is now larger than previously estimated, does my right hon. Friend agree that the economy has proven detractors wrong? Will he do all he can to ensure we retain record employment?

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There are 2,500 disused coal tips in Wales, and Rhondda Cynon Taf has the most high-risk coal tips of any local authority. Does the Prime Minister think it is right that the UK took economic benefit from Welsh coal but will not fund its safety?

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Thanks to this Conservative Government, the people of Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke will see over £200 million to fix our broken roads, the reopening of the Stoke to Leek line, and over £30 million to bus back better by introducing fairer fares and smarter routes to better connect our communities. However, residents who have a free bus pass are being denied the use of it before 9.30 am by Labour-run Stoke-on-Trent City Council, meaning that people cannot get to their GP appointments or to work. Will the Prime Minister back my campaign to end that unfair policy, which is being imposed on my residents?

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NHS England has awarded £330 million to Palantir, a controversial technology firm, to help it recover from its pandemic backlog despite deep concerns among many healthcare professionals about privacy, ethics, and the safety of patient data. In light of the Government's recently commissioned report on unifying health data in the UK, can the Prime Minister confirm that no attempts will be made to force the Scottish Government to release the personal data of Scottish residents to any centralised system?

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The increasing proliferation of AI-generated disinformation and deepfakes poses a clear and present danger not only to our democratic process, but to the administration of justice itself. What further steps will my right hon. Friend take, following the Bletchley summit, to strengthen our domestic law when it comes to this threat to democracy, and to take international action to provide the guardrails that I believe are essential if we are to maintain integrity in the administration of justice?